MRW
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I chalk it up to preseason hype. How often do you see stories about how high draft picks are not performing well in their first minicamp?
Of course, that doesn't mean he won't turn out to be good; I hope he can give the team another weapon this year.
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I certainly haven't seen anything from Reed in the past two years that makes me think he's particularly worthy of a slot on this team.
If you look at the depth chart, you've got three locks (Moulds, Evans, Parrish) plus one who will most likely be kept because of ST (Fast Freddie). So if the Bills keep 5 WRs it comes down to Reed vs. Aiken, neither of whom has done anything all that impressive. Aiken didn't drop passes left and right like Reed last year either, though.
So barring a real standout performance in camp/preseason, Reed has a good chance of being cut unless the team keeps 6 WRs, and even then someone younger may emerge and take that spot. A real shame too, I thought he was going to be a good one after his rookie year.
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Editor's note: Blue chip indicates an elite talent – a difference maker who consistently makes big plays. Red chip indicates an impact player with starter-type production who can improve in at least one area. Purple indicates a solid starter you can win with and who usually gets the job done. Orange indicates backup production. Green indicates a player with upside but who can be a liability to put on the field. A plus or minus indicates that a player is on the verge of fitting into another category.
So there are no players they're willing to call busts? What does it mean to have upside but be a liability on the field?
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I'm still trying to figure out exactly why it's such a great thing to have a lot of second-day picks starting for you. I mean, you could have an entire squad of undrafted FAs starting for you, that doesn't mean your team is good.
Why do I have the feeling that if we did have a ton of second-day picks as starters, the argument would be that Donahoe picks busts in the early rounds?
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He can probably spell "barely", though.
BTW, I see you didn't learn from being B word slapped on this subject the last time.
We should probably all keep that bookmarked for future use.
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So it's all a Major League-esque setup for a move. Gotcha!
And as part of that plan, we're going to get fans into the stands!
Are you actually interested in advancing any kind of serious argument here?
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Please everyone, note that it's not Jolley for a first-rounder straight up. This is a very misleading thread title.
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I could never get into Civ3, I guess I got so accustomed to the graphics and gameplay of Civ2 I could just never let go. Which of those does FreeCiv emulate more?
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The supply of good CBs versus good LBs is also relevant here. The best linebackers do not command the salary the best cornerbacks do, so Spikes' salary really doesn't have anything to do with Clements.
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except for the fact that even if a player is cut by the owner, the player still keeps every dime of the signing bonus.......the owner takes a risk by paying out a signing bonus and they should get a return on that risk (i.e. locking the player in for a specified time)......just like the player takes a risk by signing a long-term deal.........
funny how you never seem to see players offering back signing bonus dollars despite bad play.......but they don't have a problem asking for more money when they exceed expectations.......
Well, we'll have to agree to disagree here. Since NFL "contracts" are such jokes, I can't hold it against players when they seek to get everything they can.
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How many Franchise and trade scenerios have been pulled off in the NFL, outside of the Peerless Price situation ? Can someone look that up for me ? People here speak like it happens several times a year.
Didn't the Raiders just Franchise Woodsen and now owe him 10 Mil this year ? Where are all the trade offers ? 10 Mil for a CB ?
Joey Galloway was franchised and traded to Dallas after the 1999 season. But you're right, it doesn't happen frequently.
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Maybe if TD hadn't insulted them with lowball offers they'd have come back...
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I'd be angrier about player holdouts if the owners were forced to pay out the contracts they sign players to. Then there would be a case to be made for saying "You signed the contract, now live with it." As it stands, I see no reason to side with ownership since they feel no obligation to live up to the terms of the contract either.
TO is a big talker, but you know, he backs it up. I agree with the earlier poster who said the Eagles would be left with crap at the WR position if they get rid of him.
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I don't understand the ridicule for Henry. I would think that Bills' fans would appreciate a player who busted his ass for the team. Has he taken his demotion well? No. So what? That's the business end of the NFL, that many young men aren't prepared for properly.
Feelings of anger, dissapointment, rejection and betrayal are normal reactions to a wounded ego.
Here, fellow posters lament their loss of employment, girlfriends, and hockey seasons to all. To be honest, I could give two craps for all of the whining on this board.
When someone here posts how they had two consecutive thousand yard seasons in the NFL, made the Pro Bowl and then was made trade-bait, I'll listen to that gripe.
In fairness to VABills, he was bashing Henry when Henry-bashing wasn't cool. He didn't just jump on the bandwagon this past season.
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I would argue that Campbell hasn't been bad either, considering what we got him for and what we're paying him. Certainly we could use a real playmaker at the TE position but Campbell has been ok.
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No, but that's not even the relevant question.
The question is do we Bills fans have a right to question TD's decision-making on this board without being called morons or without being expected to produce a "Fake-Fat Sunny" length essay to support our complaints in order to reach some standard of validity?
None of the dissenters here have called for TD's head or have suggested that they themselves could have fielded a better team over the past 4 years. What we've said is that there are a number of reasons that suggest TD isn't doing as good of a job as most here give him credit for... i.e. he shouldn't be considered among the top 4 GM's currently in the league as todd has repeatedly alluded to...
The problem is, when you make a post devoted to pointing out TD's mistakes, what do you expect to happen? I don't think most people think he has been error-free, just as most don't think he has made a ton of mistakes. A thread "bashing" TD is extremely unlikely to result in productive conversation.
And here's where I think the question of a replacement becomes relevant. If you're only pointing out negatives, it implies (to me at least) that you'd like to see him gone. Fine and good, but who do we replace him with?
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IMO it doesn't really matter if there are better GMs than TD, unless one of them gets cut loose for some reason. I think the relevant question is are there people who would take the GM job for the Bills who would do a better job than TD. I have no idea to begin how to answer that, but it's the only question that matters.
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His answer (and I am paraphrasing), "I learned a lot from Josh Reed, we are buddies. Eric is there to answer any questions I have, but Josh and I are tight, he's taught me a lot." Not that it likely means a lot, but I just found it interesting that he went out of his way to praise Josh Reed, and seemed to characterize his relationship with Moulds as being very professional!
If you think about it though, it probably is easier to make a connection with someone close to your own age. EM is getting a little long in the tooth (for a football player, that is).
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I could go on. The bottom line is wins and you can make all the excuses for him you want but at some point you have to hold him responsible for results. He gets the same cut of the TV revenue and the same number of draft picks as every other team in the league does. Sorry but I don't think it is unreasonable to expect results in his 5th year. That is longer than most GMs and/or head coaches get.
I can't really agree with this. Yes, wins are the bottom line, but unless you can look back at the decisions that were made and say they were bad decisions based on the information available at the time, I think it would be short-sighted to change for the sake of change. Then you have a new guy bringing in his new plan and you add another few years.
Of course, the reality is it really doesn't matter what we think, I don't think RW will be content with two more years out of the playoffs and TD would be gone under that scenario.
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And maybe it'll light a fire under Reed's butt and he'll actually produce! As long as we're being optimistic.